앞지르다 Korean verb conjugation

to surpass, to outdo

Every form of 앞지르다 across the four speech levels. It is 르 irregular — 르 doubles its ㄹ and takes 아/어: 모르다 → 몰라요.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
앞지르는
아/어Infinitive
앞질러
-으니Since
앞지르니
합니다Formal
앞지릅니다

현재Present

The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 앞질러요앞지릅니다앞질러앞지른다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 앞질렀어요앞질렀습니다앞질렀어앞질렀다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 앞지르겠어요앞지르겠습니다앞지르겠어앞지르겠다
-을 것이다Going to 앞지를 거예요앞지를 것입니다앞지를 거야앞지를 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 앞질러요?앞지릅니까?앞질러?앞지르니?
과거Past 앞질렀어요?앞질렀습니까?앞질렀어?앞질렀니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 앞지르세요앞지르십시오앞질러앞질러라
청유Let's 앞질러요앞지릅시다앞질러앞지르자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 앞질러요안 앞지릅니다안 앞질러안 앞지른다
-지 않다Not (long) 앞지르지 않아요앞지르지 않습니다앞지르지 않아앞지르지 않는다
Cannot 못 앞질러요못 앞지릅니다못 앞질러못 앞지른다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 앞지르세요앞지르십니다앞지르셔앞지르신다
과거Past 앞지르셨어요앞지르셨습니다앞지르셨어앞지르셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
앞지르는
과거Past
앞지른
미래Future
앞지를
회상Used to
앞지르던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
앞지르고
-게-ly / so that
앞지르게
-어서so / and then
앞질러서
-으니까since
앞지르니까
-으면if / when
앞지르면
-지만but
앞지르지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
앞지르는데
-어도even if
앞질러도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 앞지르고 있어요앞지르고 있습니다앞지르고 있어앞지르고 있다
과거Was doing 앞지르고 있었어요앞지르고 있었습니다앞지르고 있었어앞지르고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

아이디어 방식이 너무 시대를 앞지른건가요?

Is the idea way too early and the world's not ready for it?

2030년은 68%, 2035년에는 풍부한 소비자 시장이 서방을 앞지르죠.

2030, 68. And in 2035, the West is outnumbered in the rich consumer market.

향후 10년동안, 중국은 미국을 앞지르고

In the next 10 years, China will surpass the U.S.

제 아이들은 여전히 이 측면에서는 저를 앞지릅니다.

My kids are ahead of me on that path still.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 앞지르다 in Korean?

앞지르다 (to surpass, to outdo) is 앞질러요 in the polite 해요체, 앞지릅니다 in formal 합니다체, 앞질러 in casual 반말 and 앞지른다 in the plain written style. The past is 앞질렀어요.

What is the past tense of 앞지르다?

앞질렀어요 in everyday polite speech, 앞질렀습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 앞질러 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.

Is 앞지르다 irregular?

Yes — it is 르 irregular (르 불규칙). 르 doubles its ㄹ and takes 아/어: 모르다 → 몰라요. That is why the stem looks different in 앞질러 and 앞지르니 but unchanged in 앞지릅니다.

What TOPIK level is 앞지르다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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